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enter image description hereI am trying to click on a tab - a rather simple task.But, I get the error message above. I have added a thread.sleep command - in case it is due to synchronization issues. Your help is highly appreciated:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using NUnit.Framework;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Firefox;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace CV_Lib_Do_Not_Use
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Instantiate Firefox Driver
            //Go to CV Library Website
            var driver = new FirefoxDriver();
            driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.cv-library.co.uk/");

            //Wait for web element to become visible
            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(15000);


            //Click on Search Jobs tab
            driver.FindElement(By.XPath(".//*[@id='header-nav-new']/div/div[2]/ul/li[2]/a")).Click();

        }
    }
}

I have checked previous errors from:

Selenium webdriver - Unable to locate element,xpath,error

Selenium Webdriver | Unable to locate element error

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There are no elements matching the XPath expression.

There is actually a much simpler way to locate the "Search Jobs" link - by "id":

driver.FindElement(By.Id("header-link-searchjobs")).click();

Note that, instead of Sleep() call, you should use an Explicit Wait:

var wait = WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10))
wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementExists((By.Id("header-link-searchjobs"))).click();
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  • That worked!! How did you get "header-link-searchjobs", please ? I can't seem to get it by using firepath / firebug.. Many Thanks Commented Jun 28, 2017 at 20:07
  • @OA345 just inspected the element with chrome developer tools. Glad to see it helped. Thanks. Commented Jun 28, 2017 at 20:10
  • I have taken a screen shot of the Chrome Developer. But I could not locate the tag that you suggested earlier. I have attached a screen shot. Please, can you help. Thank you. Commented Jun 28, 2017 at 20:34
  • @OA345 interesting, your desired element looks in the page source this way <a href="/search-jobs" id="header-link-searchjobs">Search Jobs</a>. Does it look the same to you? Commented Jun 28, 2017 at 20:37
  • Where exactly in the page / tab are you looking at please ? Can you see the screen shot I attached ? Thank you Commented Jun 28, 2017 at 20:43

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